WaterWitchin's Bloomers

[Roberta]

Note that Paphs don't lend themselves to mericloning. So propagation is by division... Making variegation even more valuable. WW, just enjoy it, maybe a gold mine but not worth risking a gorgeous plant.

[WaterWitchin]

Whelp, since I have no desire to start breeding orchids, etc, or raising flasks of seedlings, I'll just stay poor and keep talking to y'all.

Heck, I don't buy green bananas or plant acorns anymore. And we know my coconut growing skills are nil.

[WaterWitchin]

Haven't shown off any of my bloomers lately, and it's a cold and snowy day so what the heck...

My reliable Cymb OrangeNOID, formerly known as the trashcan orchid. Divided it up and shared, and now it sits in a gallon pot this year.



This is another old reliable, a Tolumnia PinkNOID, formerly a JaraikSomethingOrOther



My first time blooming this Eplc. Golden Sunburst. Has two more spikes coming. Two blooms on this one are open. Got it from a buddy here on the Board last year, but can't remember which one... Great buddy I am...forgot to write it down. Really hard to get a good picture of it, as color is so solid.

It's supposed to smell like "jasmine green tea." I don't know what that smells like, but this sure smells nice and pretty strong fragrance.



Now this one's epic. Phrag longifolium ('Black as Knight' I think) x Phrag dalessandroii. Hasn't bloomed for last two years, but reliable prior to that. Was busy colonizing instead I guess. The epic part? Where's the pouch? It looks like a fake kangaroo. Hopefully the others will come out better. I think it's kind of known for having deformed pouch from time to time. This time, the colors aren't as vivid either. Probably my cultural error, if I had to guess.

[Dorchid]

Beauties, all!

[Roberta]

Wonderful antidote to winter!(Doesn't happen here but I have a good imagination) That Cym especially looks great - did y9u rescue from a trash can? Or originally grow it in one since it is so vigorous?

[WaterWitchin]

Bought it around 2005? Used to have a name many years ago… one of the ones that survived the wind/hailstorm way back and tags went flying. That’s the one I had for a few years in a 13 gallon kitchen trash can. Only thing I could find big enough as it grew for SH. It outgrew trash can last year and I whacked it into five or so divisions. Won’t ever let it get that big again. Not due to weight… moreso too large in new grow space instead of wintering in basement Batcave.

It’s a real kicker… has two more spikes that are a good two months away from blooming. Pretty impressive since it just got chopped up last year.

[Roberta]

Cyms have, I think, more flower power than just about anything else - lots of flowers per spike, multiple spikes, and long-lasting too. Nice! (NOIDs seem to bloom the best, I sometimes think that tags inhibit blooming...)

[WaterWitchin]

Okay, back to my pouchless Kangaroo... Second bloom opened. Now THAT's what it's supposed to look like.



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What a difference from first to second bloom on same spike, right?

[WaterWitchin]

Speaking of my pink bloomers, I'd recently mentioned Paph Jiaho's Pink Girl as a great addition. Lo and behold, rummaged it from back of shelf and it's in full bloom.





And my NOID Paph that I've had FOREVER is back again...





Now this one's super interesting. It was one of those grocery store Phals that fell into my husband's rescue shopping cart for me at least six years ago. It's survived mounting, dismounting, semi-hydro, remounting for a terrarium environment (a failed experiment) then back to semi-hydro. When I moved it back to SH, there were no leaves and about three semi-decent roots. When it grow back, it came back as a double-crown... or two basal keikis, although it appeared more as a double crown to me.

Somehow, it undivided it's hybridity (is that a word?) and one is still the original white w/splash spike, the other spike is a white with pink blush. I thought that was pretty darned strange, weird, and kinda magical...

[Roberta]

All of them gorgeous!
That "survivor" is really special. Those roots are amazing. And I suspect that you have a "compot" there, but so thoroughly entangled by this time that they are one.